1985 Wicklow County Council election

1985 Wicklow County Council election
All 24 seats on Wicklow County Council
	Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council
	Council control after election; TBD;

Last updated September 15, 2023

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.^[1]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	13	+6	14,930	40.48
	Fine Gael	5	-3	9,834	26.66
	Labour	4	-	6,711	18.20
	Workers' Party	1	-	2,343	6.35
	Independent	1	-	2,709	7.35
Totals		24	+3	36,882	100.0	—

Results by local electoral area

Arklow

Arklow: 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Dr. Bill O'Connell*		1,382
	Fine Gael	Vincent Blake*		1,128	1,134	1,135	1,157	1,166	1,291	1,354
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Doran		950	951	953	958	961	972	973	973	991	999	1,071	1,092
	Labour	Kevin Ryan*		863	887	888	889	910	933	941	945	963	1,020	1,040	1,042
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Keenan*		822	839	845	849	861	953	961	964	999	1,049	1,124	1,168
	Fianna Fáil	John Sweeney*		628	628	651	665	705	712	767	768	904	997	1,420
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Clandillon		605	647	663	689	726	727	754	754	848	921
	Labour	Sean Wolohan		560	567	577	602	715	730	790	792	918	1,035	1,189	1,242
	Independent	Denis Kinsella*		443	443	450	477	512	525	561	564
	Fine Gael	Philip Doyle		339	359	360	382	393
	Fine Gael	Oliver Merrigan		338	338	342	380	396	441	571	612	664
	Fine Gael	Margo Weadick*		320	321	325	389	411	437
	Labour	Paddy Kavanagh		311	319	324	344
	Fine Gael	Billy Briggs		278	279	281
	Labour	James Quigley		88
Electorate: 13,219 Valid: 9,095 (69.81%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,300 Turnout: 9,228

Baltinglass

Baltinglass: 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Godfrey Timmins TD*		1,397
	Fianna Fáil	James Miley*		1,158	1,162	1,163	1,174	1,195	1,244	1,338	1,456
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh O'Keeffe		888	895	897	910	921	934	994	1,154
	Labour	Tommy Cullen		663	668	676	685	703	716	768
	Fine Gael	Pascal Deering*		501	524	527	539	571	731	775	978
	Sinn Féin	Gerry O'Neill		315	316	317	322	340	353
	Fine Gael	Donal McEvoy		254	261	263	270	271
	Workers' Party	Maura Green		117	117	117	121
	Independent	Michael Scanlon		74	75	81
	Independent	Daniel Buckley		26	26
Electorate: 8,047 Valid: 5,393 (67.91%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,349 Turnout: 5,465

Bray

Bray: 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Workers' Party	Liz McManus		1,213
	Labour	John Byrne*		1,098	1,105	1,110	1,160
	Fianna Fáil	Ciarán Murphy *		1,073	1,081	1,087	1,099	1,126	1,129
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lawlor		798	801	802	808	832	832	834	849	878	1,046
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Ledwidge		721	725	728	742	753	756	767	811	831	1,052
	Fine Gael	Mark Mortell		550	554	555	566	578	579	721	774	1,028	1,074
	Fine Gael	Jane Murphy*		514	520	522	533	539	541	633	718	813	864
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Vance		487	491	496	504	527	529	549	590	614
	Fine Gael	Michael Conlon		375	379	382	400	408	410	463	506
	Fine Gael	Pat McHugh		345	348	350	355	358	359
	Labour	Barbara Hyland		266	270	275	299	341	360	381
	Workers' Party	Dermot Tobin		182	200	256	263
	Labour	Nancy Mahony		174	176	178
	Workers' Party	Kathy Reen		87	106
Electorate: 16,600 Valid: 7,883 (48.46%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,127 Turnout: 8,045

Greystones

Greystones: 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Fox *		1,823
	Fine Gael	George Jones*		1,113	1,186	1,213	1,346
	Fine Gael	John Leeson*		907	977	1,025	1,064	1,100	1,229
	Fianna Fáil	Dick Roche		744	1,032	1,050	1,116	1,123	1,337
	Independent	Jack Murnane		548	585	598	677	693
	Workers' Party	John McManus*		516	565	616	758	778	964
	Labour	Charlie Keddy		448	472	553
	Labour	Tom Mulligan		214	249
Electorate: 11,899 Valid: 6,333 (53.78%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,267 Turnout: 6,399

Wicklow

Wicklow: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Jacob		918	938	945	1,011	1,023	1,068	1,081	1,201	1,507
	Labour	Paddy Kavanagh		773	794	826	903	994	1,012	1,111	1,178	1,200	1,203	1,331	1,364
	Independent	Susan Phillips		756	786	810	829	832	861	923	955	994	1,000	1,189	1,215
	Fianna Fáil	John Giff*		680	692	735	745	753	764	818	908	1,241	1,350	1,495
	Labour	Frank Hynes*		664	677	692	715	826	834	857	973	996	999	1,183	1,203
	Fianna Fáil	John Byrne		648	657	663	666	671	687	705	853
	Independent	Francis Doyle		617	651	704	724	746	768	813	854	888	902
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Power		605	612	613	614	678	689	691
	Fine Gael	Harry Cullen*		578	585	589	611	622	860	1,049	1,070	1,119	1,127	1,184	1,186
	Fine Gael	Nora Fitzpatrick		466	466	495	497	501	536
	Fine Gael	Andy Cullen		411	414	415	429	441
	Labour	James Gregory*		329	341	345	359
	Labour	Jimmy O'Shaughnessy		260	280	281
	Independent	Robert Kearns		245	257
	Workers' Party	Colm Kirwan		228
Electorate: 13,089 Valid: 8,178 (63.28%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 8,283

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References

↑ Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 ( S.I. No. 104 of 1990 ). Signed on 30 April 1990. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book .

External links

Department of the Environment, Ireland (28 January 2010). "Local elections, 1985 : election results and transfer of votes in respect of each county, and county borough council : and election statistics relating to all local authorities" (PDF). Department of the Environment. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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[1] Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 ( S.I. No. 104 of 1990 ). Signed on 30 April 1990. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book .

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